Window



Feb. 13, 1923.

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Application filed January 3, 1822. Serial No. 526,544.

To all whom it may 0071 cam Be it known that l, Lnwis O. Cane, acitizenof the United States, residing at Eiomerville, in the county ofllliddlesex and State of lvlassachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Windows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a window, the frame or casing of which is ofthe ordinary form adapted to guide a vertically sliding sash, theupright members of the frame bc ing provided with the usual stop beadsand parting beads, forming guides for an upper and a lower sash, meansbeing provided whereby the sash is permitted to swing on a horizontalaxis, so that it may occupy an inclined position, permittingventilation, and may be reversed to permit the washing; ofthe outersurface of the sash glass by a person at the inner side of the frame andwithin the room with which the window is associated. i

The invention is an improvement on that disclosed by the Dean Patent,No. 63?,502,

dated November 21, 1899. l The Dean disclosure shows an ordinary framecharacterized as above stated, and includes runners movable in theguides of the frame and connected by cords with the usual sash weights.The sash is connected by horizontal pivots with the runners, said pivotspermitting the sash to swing on a horizontal ai'is midway between thetop and bottom rails of the sash. The sash is yieldingly engagged withthe runners in such manner that it may normally stand in a verticalplane parallel with the runners, and may move vertically with therunners to open and close the window. The yielding engagement of thesash with the runners permits the sash to turn on a horizontal axis, andstand in an inclined plane.

'The structure of the Dean patent is such that when the sash isinclined, one of its ends necessarily projects into the room andinterefers with a shade, or with a curtain hur at the inner side of theframe. This inward projection of the sash is necessary when the outerside of the glass is to be washed by a person within the room, but isobjectionable, for the reason stated, when the Wish is intended toremain inclined for a protractedperiod, to permit ventilation.

The chief objec. of my invention is to enable the sash to project whollyoutward from the frame and from the runners, when adjusted forventilation, so that it will not interfere with a shade or acurtain,-and to project inward more or less, as in the window of theDean patent, when adjusted to permit the washing of the outer side ofthe glass by a person within the room.

The invention is embodied in the improvements hereinafter described andclaimed.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speciiication, I

Figure 1s a fragmentary perspective view, showing a portion of a windowframe and portions of two glazed sashes connected with the casino; bymeans embodying: the invention, each sash being;- in a ventilatingposition. 7

Figure 2 is a vertical section showing the lower sash in a closedposition, and the upper sash in a vent-T in position. 7

Figure 3 a section on line 3 w, 3 of big;

ure 2.

. Figure is a section on line l4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 a section on line of Figure a.

Figure 6 is an enlarged section on line 6 6 of Figure Figure T is a sideview showing a portion of the upper sash, and a portion of the frame.

Figure 8 is a view similar to a portion of Figure 52, showing; the lowersash reversed.

Figure 9 is afrag'mentary perspective view showing a portion of one ofthe runners, and a portion of one of the intermediate bars hereinafterdescribed.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

The window frame shown bv the drawings is of the standard form emplo; edwith vertically slidable sashes, 12 bong the sill, 1.3. one of theupright side members, ll one ot the parting heads, 15 one of the innerstop beads, and 16 one of the outer stop beads. The ways or guides forthe shes are fo ned between the parting head and the stop heads, asusual.

In each of said guides is titted an oblong: slide or runner 18. Each ofthese runners is connected with a cord 19, to which ordinary sash weight20 (F igure 1) is attached. The runners constitute carriers for thesashes 21, but the sashes, instead of be ing connected directly with therunners, as shown by the Dean patent, are indirectly connectedtherewith, as next described.

Interposed between the side members of the sashes and the runners 18 areintermediate bars 22, preferably of metal and l..- shaped in crosssection. These bars are connected with the runners by horizontal pivots23, located at substantially the midlength of the bars, each pivot beingpreferably a pin having a head seated on the bar, and a washer seated onthe runner 18, as shown by Figure 4:. The bars 22 are yieldingly engagedwith the runners and kept parallel with the latter by strips 2 1-carried by the bars, and having rounded faces which are pressed bysprings 26 into grooves 25 (Figure 5) in the runners. The form of thegrooves and strip faces is such that the strips prevent turningmovements of the bars on the pivots 23, unless sufficient turning forceis exerted to cause the strips to yield, whereupon the bars 22 are freeto swing on their pivots. This engagement between the bars and therunners is the same as that between the sashes and the runners intheDean patent. The upper ends of the sashes are connected'with the upperends of the bars 22, by horizontal pivots 27 which, as shown by Figure3, may be headed screws seated on the bars 22, and driven into thesashes.

As shown by Figures 1 and 2, the pivots 28 connecting the runners withthe bars 22,

are below the pivots 2?, connecting the bars with the sashes, hence 23may be called lower, and 27 upper pivots.

It will now be seen that when the bars. 22'are upright, each sash may beswung independently on a horizontal axis formed by the upper pivots, andcaused to project wholly outward from the frame and from the roomassociated with the window, as

shown by Figure 1, and by the upper portion of Figure 2, so thatopenings for ventilation are formed without causing any part of the sashto project into the room and interfere with a'shade or a curtain.

It will also be seen that each sash and the bars with which it isconnected, may be swung in unison on a horizontal axis formed by thelower pivots 23, until the sash is reversed, of. substantially inverted,as shown by dotted lines in Figure 8, so that what is normally its outerside, faces inwardly and may be washed by a person within the room. Thisadjustment of the sash is the same as that permitted in the constructionshown by the Dean patent, and involves a considerable projection of thesash into the room. This projection, however, occurs only during thewashing operation, and is therefore not objectionable.

I provide means for connecting the lower end of the sash with the lowerends of the bars 22, in such manner that the sash may be either bracedand confined in its ventilating position, as shown by Figure 1, orconfined in a position parallel with the bars and with its bottom railbetween the bars, so that the sash will movein unison with the bars, notonly when it is being raised and lowered in a vertical plane, butalsowhen it is being swung to and from its reverse or inverted position.

I prefer to embody said means as follows: 30 represents a transveretie-rod rigidly connected with the lower ends of the two bars 22 withwhich each sash is connected, said rod causing the bars to. swing inunison. 31 represents a brace rod connected, preferably by a universaljoint 32, with the bottom rail of th sash, and provided at its oppositeend with a pin 33, having a head 34: (Figure 6).

The tie-rod 30 is provided with spaced a notch 35. When the sash is atits maxi mum outward inclination for ventilation,

the brace-rod 31 is at right angles with the tie-rod 30, and its pin 33is engaged with the central notch'35, so that the brace-rod and thetie-rod support the sash in its adjusted position. W hen the sash isswung to a position parallel with the bars 22, to enable it to slidevertically with the bars, and to enable the sashand bars to swing inunison, the brace-rod 31 becomes parallel with the tie-rod 30, as shownFigures 5, 6 and 7, and its pin is engaged with a notch 35 near one endof the tie-rod, so that the bottom rail of the sash is between the barsand secured thereto, the sash and the bars being in the same plane. I Vl The tie-rod connecting the bars associated with the upper sash, isengaged directly with the lower ends of said bars, and the correspondingjoint 32 of the brace-rod projects from the under side of the bottomrail of the sash. The tie-rod connectingthc bars associated with thelower sash is engaged with brackets 40, projecting'from the inner sidesof the bars 22, and the"corresponding joint 32 projects from theinnerside of the bottom rail of the sash.

The structure embodying my invention is disting ruished fro'm the'structure disclosed by the Dean patent, first, by the intermediate bars22 pivoted at their inidlength to the runners, and at their upper endsto the upper end of the sash, said bars constituting connect ionsbetween sash and the r uiiners, h r by he sash i ad pt d tqf ins v el yfrom its upper end ventilating position; and secondly by meansadjustably connecting the lower end o t the sash with the lower ends ofthe bars so that tlie sasli be supported in its ventilating position,the bars being vertical, as shown by Figure 1, and may be located in thesame plane with the bars, and either slide vertically, or be reversedtherewith.

The lower sash may be provided with a pivoted clip or button 45, adaptedto be turned from the position shown by Figure 1 to bear on the inneredge of the bar 22, when the sash is closed.

I claim:

1. In a window, sash-supporting means comprising counter-weightedrunners adapted to slide vertically in the window frame;

bars connected by lower horizontal pivots with the runners, and havingupper horizontal pivots connectingthe bars with the upper end of a sash;and means for yieldingly holding the bars parallel with the runners; thesaid upper pivots forming a horizontal axis on which the sash may swingindependently of the bars, and the lower pivots forming a horizontalaxis on which the bars and the, sash pivoted thereto may swing inunison.

2. In a window, sash-supporting means comprising counter-weightedrunners adapted to slide vertically in the window frame; bars connectedby lower horizontal pivots with the runners, and having upper horizontalpivots connecting the bars with theupper end of a sash; and means foryieldingly holding the bars parallel with the runners; the said upperpivots. forming a horizontal axis on which the sash may swingindependently of the bars, and the lower pivots forming a horizontalaxis on which the bars and the sash pivoted thereto may swing in unison,and means for adjust-ably connecting the lower ends of the bars with thebottom rail of the sash pivoted to the bars.

3. In a window which includes counterweighted runners, slidable invertical guides in the window frame, and a sash formed to move in theframe with said runners; sash and runner-connecting bars connected bylower pivots with the runners. and provided with means whereby they maybe yieldingly held parallel with the runners. and provided with upperpivots. supporting the upper end of the sash.

a. in a window which includes counterwein-hted runners. slidable invertical guides in the window frame, and a sash formed to move in theframe with said runners; sash and runner-connecting lower pivots withthe runners, and provided with means whereby they ma be yieldingly barsconnected by held parallel with the runners, and provided with upperpivots, supporting the upper end of the sash, the lower ends or saidbars beingconnected by a transverse tie-rod.

5. A. window comprising a frame having vertical guides; counterweightedrunners r al ble in said guides; a sash formed to m R with the runnersin theii rame; intermediate bars interposed between the sash and therunners; lower pivots connecting the bars with the runners means beingpro vided for yieldingly holding the bars parallel with the runners;upper pivots connecting the upper ends of the bars with the upper end ofthe sash, to permit a ventilating adjustment and a wholly outwardprojection of the sash by swinging movement independent of said barswhen the bars are parallel with the runners; the sash and the bars beingadapted to swing in unison on said lower pivots topermit the reversal ofthe sash and a variable projection of its top rail from the inner sideof the frame; and means for adjustably securing the bottom rail of thesash to the bars.

6. A window comprising a frame having vertical guides; counterweightedrunners slidable in said guides; a sash formed to move with the runnersin the frame; intermediate bars interposed between the sash and therunners; lower pivots connecting the bars with the runners means beingprovided tor yieldingly holding the bars parallel with the runners;upper pivots con necting the upper ends oi the bars with the upper endoi? the sash to permit a ventilating adjustment and a wholly outwardprojection of the, sash by a swinging movement independent oi bars, whenthe bars are parallel with the runners the sash and the bars beingadapted to swing in unison on said lower pivots to permit the reversalof the sash and a variable projection of its top rail from the innerside oi the frame; a transverse tie-rod connecting the lower ends oi?the bars, and adapted to cause them to swing in unison; and bracerodointed at one end to the bottom rail of the sash, and means beingprovided for engaging the brace rod with the tie-rod in differentpositions.

7. A window comprising a frame having vertical guides: counterweightedrunners slidable in said guides: a sash formed to move with the runnersin the frame; intermediate bars interposed between the sash and therunners; lower pivots connecting the bars with the runners means beingprovided tor vieldingly holding the bars parallel with the runners;upper pivots connecting the upper ends of the bars with the upper end ofthe sash, to permit a ventilating adjustment and a wholly outwardprojection of the sash by a swinging movement independent of said barswhen the bars are parallel with the runners the sash and bars beingadapted to swing in unison on said lower pivots to permit the reversalof the sash and a variable projection of its top rail from the innerside of the frame; a notched transverse tie-rod connecting the lowerends of the bars, and adapted to cause them to swing in unison; abrace-rod jointed at one end to the bottom rail of the sash and pro- 10vided withra headed pin at its opposite end, adapted to enter a notch inthe tie-rod; and a tubular keeper slidable on th'e tie-rod, and looselyengaged with the pin to maintain the later in operative relation to thetie-rod.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature. a.

' LEWIS O. CARD.

